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The challenge for any writer like myself is to get a point across in a way that makes a reader react. If there’s no reaction, there’s no feeling and then, in my opinion, there’s no point in reading it – unless of course you’re an accountant who has a somewhat …

Beaches in Scottburgh on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast have been closed for bathing following the presence of a humpback whale carcass attracting sharks in the general area, the KZN Sharks Board said on Sunday. “We’ve taken the gear [shark nets] from Scottburgh… We don’t want to do unnecessary damage from …

According to the media, both social and mainstream, we are in a mess; from global warming to the societal malaise of young adults, nothing seems as straight forward as it historically was. We yearn for the “good old days” and endless summers of our youth whilst bemoaning the manic pace …

A man who was hit by a truck and pinned beneath it for nearly two hours on Monday said that while he feared he may die, thoughts of his 1-year-old son kept his mind occupied. Security guard Khangelani Skhonje, 34, emerged from the ordeal with little more than a bruised …

The Economic Freedom Fighters believes the party is being politically sabotaged after it claimed the eThekwini Municipality cancelled its Freedom Day rally scheduled to be held at the John Dube Stadium in Durban. However, eThekwini spokesperson Tozi Mthethwa said the stadium has been made available to the EFF. “The stadium …

“Her rosary was wrapped around her wrists and she was clutching onto the cross when we found her.” This is how fellow sisters from an Ixopo convent discovered the body of one of their elderly and most beloved members, Gertrud Tiefenbacher, 87. The octogenarian was murdered in her room during …

Blacks, whites, coloureds, Indians, and foreigners gathered in Durban on Thursday morning in solidarity against deadly xenophobic violence that broke out in KwaZulu-Natal and has since spread to Johannesburg. Gospel and struggle songs reverberated around the Curries Fountain stadium ahead of a planned “peace march” through the city centre. Thousands …